Ever have "falling dreams"? Freak-out material for sure.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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This pic also reminds me of my BIL -- of Nordic descent, he grew up a RABID ice skater, and told
me once that he NEVER had a dream where he was flying, but he knew what they were like because
he had dreams where he was skating for miles and miles and miles over pristine near-frictionless
black ice.
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I thought that was a pretty cool connection that he made.
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[Kali]

1. oh yeah, I hate that

dreaming of falling off a ladder or whatever and practically throwing your back out for real JERKing awake

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I've done this too........AWFUL.

I hate how it feels.

Luckily, it doesn't happen too often...

[sakabatou]

3. I don't dream anymore, or I don't remember my dreams

I don't think I ever did that.

[Ron Obvious]

4. Frequently...

I used to drop off and then jerk awake as though I'd just gotten a massive jolt of electricity shortly afterwards dreaming I was falling out of the bed. Maybe that's not quite the same thing you're describing, though.

I did an internet search to see if anybody could suggest anything useful, and one of the first search results said I was possessed by demons and required exorcism. That's useful to know! [not]

It went away on its own after a while.

[Wait Wut]

5. My old kitty stopped sleeping with me...

...after I had one of those and catapulted (heh) him across the room. He just sat there staring at me with that, "WT serious F?" look on his face.

[frogmarch]

6. Not so much anymore, but

my falling dreams still have happy endings, just as they did when they happened regularly. Before I hit the ground, I take off flying. I'm always depressed when I wake up and realize I didn't really fly, but the dreams themselves are awesome. You should try one sometime, MFM.

[LeftishBrit]

7. I used to have recurring dreams about falling when I was a kid...

Especially one where I was walking in a playground that had pits in it. At first, the pits were far apart and it was easy to avoid them; but then they got closer and closer together until I had to walk on narrow ridges between pits. In the end, I fell in one of the pits, and started going down, and noticing the helpful notices placed on the sides of the pits, "WARNING: THIS PIT HAS NO BOTTOM"! Then I would wake up, much to my relief.

[Texasgal]

8. You need to get laid.

LOL!

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. For me it's a ladder. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

10. I had the opposite kind of dream.

I'd dream I would jump up or I'd be flying, but I was unable to come back down. Lots of dodging of high-tension power lines. The only dreams I have had about falling involve being in a malfunctioning elevator. They drop suddenly, and they get stuck between floors. I seem to have the malfunctioning elevator dreams far more frequently.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. I had one the other night...

...and I got on a ride that I thought was just a ride through sort of a ride like the Looney Toons ride down at Six Flags, but it ended up being the one that shoots you up in the air, then drops you down. Mine dropped me into a crazy fundy church where everyone was trying to convert me to being a Baptist again and they wouldn't take no for an answer. I was terrified.

[alphafemale]

12. I've learned to lucid dream

I fly the fuck over everything.

[Noodleboy13]

13. Wasn't that how they woke you up in "Inception"?

I've had falling dreams, but I've also had "leaping" dreams where I can get up to about 50' up and come down in a controled manner and then bounce back up. Those are awesome.

peace,
Noodleboy

[riderinthestorm]

14. Hell yeah, jump off the swing and fly... into freak out! Worse are "final exam" dreams where

I'm trying to find the classroom for a final exam for a class I never attended. Major anxiety as I wander the halls trying to find a math class I never went to once ALL semester and now I'm supposed to take a final exam but can't even figure out where it's supposed to be.

Gah! I'd way rather be flying into oblivion than have the "final exam" dream!!!

[murielm99]

15. I had falling dreams when

I was a kid. I would always wake up before I hit bottom. I don't have them any more.

I don't have flying dreams any more, either. I miss those.

[kentauros]

16. You just have to learn how to

miss the ground!

As I've had plenty of OBEs, falling dreams don't bother me.

The disturbing ones are where you're in some embarrassing situation with either no clothes on, or only your underwear. You can't find the rest of your clothing, or had to leave in a hurry because of some emergency, and now you're stuck outside, or in a heavily-populated public place for all to see! Wheee!